St Sebastians School - Arrow Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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THF TEMININF TOUCH xacatron and manx ol tht mtmhtrs ol our class jornttl tht ranlts of Father lxtat rnqs rnrclurnter taptr talltd tlrt Alplrrt C lub Manx xxtre tht storrts about tlrt xatatron s sports mtl partrt tr'rt tlrrltttl h ltlt to us throut lr tht proxtrhr 11 Glapt xrnt Un Aprrl 11 tlrt St K-thlstrrns Xssotratron sponsorttl 1 ptnnx sllt at tht lirrfflrton Hwh Sthool autlrtorrum llrrs prox td to bt an rrrrrnt nst succ ss Ind rt xt as folloxxtd up txxo xxttlts littr hx Fatlrtr Ktatrnf s annual mmstrtl slroxx Both ol tlrtst afl arrs atldt tl fft ntrouslx to tht school s rtxtnuts and ffaxt conclusrxt prool of tht loxaltx of tht Alumnr and lrrtnds ol St Stbastran s On tht nwlrt of tht ptnnx salt Nlonsrvnor 1VIc1nn1s annotrntttl to us that ht xx as to bt rtplatttl as htadmasttr at the tnd of tht school xtar and xtoultl ht appomtttl to tht pastoratt ol tht ntarbx Prtsentatron parrslr Vt xwtrt all sadtltnttl by tht loss ol thrs vrtat ttaclrer and frrtnd and lrlxe ffood wmt hrs mtmorx ffroxss sxtttttr wtrth atfe XM xtrll ntxtr forget 111s lxrndlx tfurdanct and lfrtat abrlrtx Our baslxtthall tt am had a Hood and successful st ason but the xarsrtx tt nms ttam proxtd to bt tht surprrse It had an almost un The last fem xxeelxs of school xttnt bx sloxtlx but btfore wt rtalued rt Uradu atron and xacatron xxert upon us Arthur Houlrhan xt allttd off xtrtlr tht scholarslrrp xthrle olrn Sheehan Tom KN elch and Don Frtfqtrald were prrft wrnntrs rn tht xarrous subjects The vraduatron exercrses tndtd xtrth Btntdrctron our Hrst xear at the H111 xx as Hnrshtd and me vert off on xacatron for the xtholt fflorrous summer iuphumnre ear On St ptembtr 22 1970 xtt new Soplrornorts stt out from our respectrxt homts brlqht and early Haxrnq turntd srxttttn durrnq tht past summtr somt luclty fexx droxe thtrr oxtn cars Howex er by one mtans or another txentually ut all madt our way to our common dtstmatron St Stbastrans Countrx Dax School sometrmts called tht Crtadtl Our mmtls were now mort at east than on our first dax as freshmen We felt sure that school would not really commtnce untrl another thrtt days had elapsed Tht tradrtronal Greetrng Mass was celebrated by our head master Father Flanrgavr nom rn hrs second year at the helrn Thtn after Mass the boys adjourned to thost warrous quarters that afforded the necessary atmosphere for Qettmv rn the grooxe avarn On the followrnq day Father Flanrvan txtpounded on tht standards for tht xear to come xt hrle the students lrsttntd most atttntrx elx NN e found ourselx es transporttd to tht thrrd floor and told to procetd wrth cautron The room was quamt and the floor none too steady Becaust thrs same floor threattned the well berntf ot the students btloxt at the half 5 ear some of tht mort robust Soplromorts xt ere rnxrted to dt part from St Sebastran s Thrs first dax rntroductd ntophx tes aclt Maloney B111 Rt agan acls Ktlltx B111 Cosgrove and Larrx Cummrnvs '1 rutlx St St hastran s had bt cornt 1 xtmter rt sort for Strtuatt pt oplt IJ . 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1-1 h 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 - 1- '1 - ' 7 ' ,' 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 ' 1 I U. 1 1 1 1 1 1 I. 1' 1, 1 1 K ' 7 1 1 ., . .',. 1 1 1 1. . 1' - 1 1 11- .1 'K 1, 1. x,, 1' g , ' ', ,.', 7 A .1 .' ' 1 . ., 1 , 1 1, , 1 .' ' '1 ' .' '. 1 1, , ' , .,. ,,.. , ' . . 1 1 T 'f' 1 x x' - x , 'x'1 x 'x .'l 1 . . , h ,I . . .. , . . , '. 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1 -1 11 1 1- 1 11 x N 'X ' ' I . x 1 'f x T x l ' ' .X I 1-1 T, ,,Q, 1 , x 1 x 11 - ' -1 , t '1 '- 1' 1 ' 1 11 - 1 111 11 1' '1 1' 111- . , . . I, .. ,. t . 1, , 1. . . , . 1 1 -' 1 1 ' 1 1 11 1 1 1 1' defeated season and was rnvrted to the Exeter' Tournament. 1 1 1 ' 11 1 1 1 , 1 ., ., ', ' .. - . , , 1. 4. . .5 ' Y 'x - . v -1 1. 1. A . L 1 Q 1 1 ' 1 . . t . . . . . I ' 1 ' 1 1 1 -1 1 ' 1 1 , .' 1 lx x - 'x v 1 L l ' ' 4 .'x x '. r v. 1 x . ix . x x x 'Y ' 1 ,'. 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 ,1 1 ,, , . . .. . I . , , ft , 4 I 1 I 1 1 n r 1 X. j' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r . 1 , 1 ,, I , -- .Q - as V Y 4 ' T 1 - 7 t, A' ' ' 7 'E 1' D t, 5 ' t 5 U ' . 1 1 . 1 , 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 '1 1 1 1' ' ' l I 1 1 - ' ' , 1 , , .,. ' ., ' 1 - 1 11 ' 1 111 ' l- 1 1 ' . 1 7.I ' .7 A 't 7 C , A 5 17' ' 1 . , . ,. 1 .,11 1, . . . , . rfpil .

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He went home that dat wrth feelrngs of keen antrcrpatron lnrnqled wrth those of drsturbrnq dread because of tllt mandatorx thrtt hours of homtwork that we would face on tht morrow Iht ntxt dat wt ftlt a lrttlt mort at tast srntt wt ltcognrftd llranx of tht faces that wt had sttn on tht dat btfolt Our class lrradt rts dtbut rnto tht acadtmrc world wrth Father Grlmartrn and tht IHIFICZICILS of alfftbla and as a rtsult of hrs ffentltrnanlx krndntss wt wtrt lnadt to fttl qurtt at llOIT1L Our nt xt class rntroduced us to a st lf ttrmtd Rater Fathtr Btattx and to hrs ladro statron KN O R K Wt found tllt lnornrnv schoolwork pltasantlx rnttrlupttd bs a hftttn mrnutt bltak durrnrf whrch mam of our mtmbtrs lrke new IQCIUIIS rn tht Armx got thtrl basrc trarnrnff rn tht soothrnq art of slllokrntf Alttr rtttss wt llltt 1 ltd htadtd I1lLIIlbLl of tht facultx who delrqhttd us wrth hrs txtrtrnff cltstrrptrons of a ltal south wtstcr wrth ttn ftt t of wattr comma oxtr tllt fltt board Frollr ll1II1 also wt ltarntd much about ancrtnt ptoplts and lands and tlrtrr contrrbutrons to nrodtrn dat society Vt also prcktd up a lt w xaluablt hrnts rbout sarlrnff rnd the proptr use of tht shoxtl Iht nt xt ptlrod was ont for XNl1lCll wt had warttd wrth battd brtath rnallx rt carnt r frrst Iatln tlass trndtr tht hrllr tuttlarft of tht utr sllrr rntf Fathtl liarlt tt Afttr dustrng off tllt classrcs wt wtnt to tlrt drnnrng roolrr w llill, wt sptnt a lfllglffibll hour just trxrnq to ht if a trust of brtad or 1 glass of wattl from tht upptr classrntn At tht conclusron of tht lnt rl tht rt CAIHC a lonu lrst of HIITIULIIILL ments and tht rntxltablt jus: a lrst on w hrch a ft w ol tht lrrort taltntt d mt Illhl IS of our class found thtlllst lxts alltadx I lrtn afttr flftttn lnrnutt s dt xottd to sllrokrnrf or qurtt drgtstrntg accoltlrnq to ont s afft or stcttt wt talnt b ltk to our classroonr to find Fathtr Grllnaltrn rtturnrnff to ttll us about tht wondtrs of scrtnct Frnallx Fr Barrttt rcapptartd to lead us through tllt truths of our tfltat Farth litfolt we knew rt tht clock had rtachtd thltt and our classes for tllt dat wcrt frnlshtd After school most of us were put through a stltnuous trarnrnff st ssron wrth Fathtl Keatrrlq all of rt caltulattd to put us rn shapt for hrs V tt alll A ftw ol tllt lnore talenttd lnembers of tht class wtrt rblt to strtk wrth tht VIISIIX an rttollrplrsh ment of no lrttlt propoltron Uurrnq tht frrst markrng pt rrod wt becallrt at customttl to tllt school and our of us ltd bw Arthur Houlrlran Brran Burns, and Grtff Sullrxan jorntd Father Beattx and hrs dtbatrntf socrttx Strll otllt rs, alllonff tllt rn ohn Sht than lirran Burns Brll Rtaqan and Owtll lodd wtrt rnxrttd to Joln that stcltt socrtty of WIIILIS who qtt out tht W allus IJLIIIIIQ thrs pCI'l0Cl lnanv fads poultd thlouffh our ranks lht hrst fad was tllt vo xo and afttr tllrs rn sucttssrxt st rfft s t IIIIQ bubblt gum and ptnnw prtchrnff Ihls last fld was crushtt' bx tllt lntrnbtls of tht facultx htcaust thtw tonhst lttd both tllt wrnlrtrs and tllt lostrs stakts At tht tnd of thrs mal krnq pt Y'lOCl thouffh scholastrtally wt had onlx ont llran on tht honor lrst, wt wtrt surt that wt ltft lrttlt to bt dt Slllfl and surt that wt would proxt to ht xaluable addrtrons to tht stlrool Our rnctlks would and rndttd had bttttr tfo up wrth tllt passrnq of trmt Monsrgnor 'Vlclnnrs assultd us Hrth tht optnrntf of the stcond rnalkrnq ptrrod our iltltlllll of clot offlctrs found us choosrnq as ltaders such rllustrrous Ll12tlaCttIS as Norman Rtrlfarth Mrkt Ft nton ohn O Connell and ohn 'VIcKrnntx Thtse 0HlCLIS welt our lnouth prects rn tht Student C ouncrl and prtsented clcums for us to tllt Htadlnastt r 'Irrne passed qurckly for us rn our studres sports and othtl actrxrtrts and befort wt kntw rt tht C hrrstlnas xacatron w as upon us School tndtd wrth a hufft turktv drnntr plus all tht trrrrlnrnvs followtd bt a baskt tball Uamt rn w hrch our xarsrtx wtarrtd wrth qorgrnff was beattn bx St 'Vlalx s of XX althaln Ilrt xatatron flt w by wrth partrts and sports and a ftw more darrng IT1lIDl'JLlS of tllt tlass xenturt d to tllt unror Prom the socral hr hlrght of tht stason for tllt upptr classlllen KN htn wt came back rt took us anotlltr wttk to st ttlt down alfarn to the books but wt soon btcalne tntflosstd rn our school and athlt tlc actrxrtres In V hocktx Kexrn O Donotflrue show td gltat promrst and Drck Roonex Brran Burns and Hank lVICC3lIl1X under tht w itchful ext of Fathtr Grlmartrn cornprltd an tr-.cellent rttord rn baskt tball txtn btatrnq tllt B team Our schtdule of labors was broktn bx a thrtt dax rttrtat rn wlrrch we wtrt frtt from all studrts but our first conftrtnct conxrnctd us that tllrs was tllt lnost strrous part of our school teal Father Anslow our rttlt rt llrasttr IIl 1ClK 1 lastrnrf rrnpltssron on us wrth hrs 1119610111 and srnctrrtx About two wttks lattr wt had our Ft bluarx 5 ' ' 1 1 11 1 - 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